First-Line Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers
Also called:
Production Supervisor, Manufacturing Supervisor, Team Leader, Shift Supervisor
see titles from the Air Force, Army, or Navy.
Facility Systems Superintendent; Fuels Manager; Fuels Superintendent; Infrastructure Systems Superintendent; Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory Manager; Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory Superintendent; Water and Fuel Systems Maintenance Craftsman
Allied Trades Warrant Officer
Machinist's Mate/Nuclear; Nuclear Qualified Engineering Department Master Chief (EDMC); Nuclear Qualified Reactor Department Master Chief (RDMC); Shipboard Engineering Plant Program Manager; Special Weapons Assembly Officer (General); Submarine Nuclear Propulsion Plant Supervisor - Mechanical; Submarine Nuclear Propulsion Plant Supervisor - Reactor Control; Submarine Nuclear Propulsion Plant Supervisor-Electrical; Surface Ship Nuclear Propulsion Plant Supervisor - Engineering Laboratory Technician; Surface Ship Nuclear Propulsion Plant Supervisor - Mechanical
What they do:
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators.
On the job, you would:
- Enforce safety and sanitation regulations.
- Direct and coordinate the activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods, such as inspectors, machine setters, and fabricators.
- Confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Engineering and Technology
- mechanical
- product and service development
Business
- management
- human resources (HR)
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Social
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- understanding people's reactions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Attention
- do two or more things at the same time
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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People interested in this work like activities that include
leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Dependability
- Leadership
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Initiative
- Concern for Others
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You might use software like this on the job:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Bowen & Groves M1 ERP
- Retain Resource Planning
Electronic mail software
- Email software
- IBM Lotus Notes
Time accounting software
- Kronos Workforce Timekeeper
- Timekeeping software
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high school diploma or
bachelor's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$53,670
per year, on average
This work is part of the .
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Air Force, Army, or Navy.
